WASHINGTON — In preparation for final regulatory approval of coronavirus vaccinations for children between the ages of 5 and 11, the Biden administration has already begun shipping millions of coronavirus vaccine doses across the country.
Those vaccines will be administered to children in schools and pediatricians’ offices as soon as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers its sign-off, which it is expected to do on Tuesday.
“As we await the CDC decision, we are not waiting on the operations and logistics. In fact, we’ve been preparing for weeks,” White House pandemic response team coordinator Jeff Zients said during a Monday briefing. He said that a “critical operation milestone” came